Chapter 205 Ask a Question
Mount Emei, Fairy Ape Cave.
The Monkey King, Fighting and Victorious Buddha, is wearing a colorful robe, holding a rosary, and sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform. Behind his head, rays of Buddha's light are surging and auspicious aura is rising.
In front of him, Wude Xingjun led Wu Ji with a grateful look on his face, saying: "Shengfo, please be merciful and help me get rid of the evil and save my child! Wude is just preparing a small gift, please don't !"
The Star Lord of Wude waved his hand behind him, and immediately dozens of heavenly soldiers and generals came in twos and threes carrying boxes, and a divine official presented the gift list with both hands.
The Monkey King took the gift list and just glanced at it. His originally arrogant look immediately became much more approachable.
This gift list includes not only a large number of rare treasures and elixirs, but also gold, silver and copper coins that have been circulating in the world for hundreds of years.
These gold, silver and copper coins are tainted with mortal desires, and are the indispensable items for Buddhists to refine their golden body!
The Monkey King said, "Wu De Xingjun is too polite. Our Buddhist sect is a pure place and should not interfere in the affairs of the heavens. I and Guangli Bodhisattva are brothers and sisters. I don't want to see him go astray, so I agreed to the Xingjun's request. I don't deserve such a great honor from the Xingjun."
Wu Ji's expression changed when he heard this.
Xiao Bailong kidnapped Wu Ji with the intention of dying together with Wu De Star Lord and Shu De Star Lord. He was naturally ruthless when he did it. Although he did not take Wu Ji's life, he broke many of his bones and now he is still unable to stand steadily.
Wu Ji was a fool who hated Xiao Bai Long to the core. He actually believed the Monkey King's lies that he did it for Xiao Bai Long. He was about to curse him out loud, but Wu De Xing Jun glared at him and stopped him.
Wude Star Lord said, "Ji'er is my only son. Sheng Buddha helped me save him. This little thing is nothing to me! I have discussed with Shuide Star Lord that after some time, I will order people to build ten temples for Sheng Buddha in the mortal world to publicize Sheng Buddha's noble principles and let mortals worship him with incense and offerings."
"Are you serious?!" The Monkey King's eyes lit up and he threw away the last bit of his reserve.
To practice the Golden Body of Buddhism, one needs, firstly, gold, silver and money that have been circulating in the mortal world for more than a hundred years and have been contaminated by mortal desires, and secondly, one needs the incense and vows of mortals.
He had just attained Buddhahood not long ago, and there was not even a temple in the mortal world.
If the Star Lords of Martial Virtue and Water Virtue help him build a temple and collect incense and prayer power, it won't take long for him to cultivate his own golden body and greatly increase his strength.
"Of course it's true! How dare I deceive Sheng Buddha!" Wude Xingjun looked sincere.
"Then thank you very much, Wude Star Lord and Shuide Star Lord! Thank you very much!"
The Monkey King could not help scratching his ears and cheeks and grinning. Suddenly he remembered that he had become a Buddha now, and tried to straighten his face and maintain the majesty of the Buddha, but he couldn't do it.
This repetition only made the Monkey King look more ridiculous.
"He is truly a beast who has never seen the world! He is nothing but a monkey in human form wearing this monk's robe!"
Wu De Xingjun sneered in his heart, but deliberately showed a look of embarrassment on his face and said: "But..."
"But what?" The Monkey King took the bait instantly.
Wude Xingjun said, "I am afraid that Guangli Bodhisattva will misunderstand Shengfo's good intentions and think that Shengfo told us where Yuan Shoucheng and Prime Minister Gui were hiding because of our favors. If so, wouldn't it ruin the friendship between Shengfo and Guangli Bodhisattva?"
“Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid!” The Monkey King was afraid that the God of Martial Virtue would not build a temple for him, so he waved his hands and said, “He doesn’t know that I told you! Just don’t tell him!”
Wude Xingjun sighed and pretended to be worried, "There is no impenetrable wall in this world. If Guangli Bodhisattva knew about this, he would definitely make a big fuss! Although we are innocent, it is inevitable that people will associate us with the Jinghe Dragon King. By then, we won't be able to clear ourselves even if we jump into the Yellow River!"
"If he gets angry and demolishes the temple we built for the Victory Buddha, then all our efforts will be in vain! This is not right!"
Although the Monkey King was blinded by greed, he was not a fool. He immediately understood what Wude Xingjun meant and said, "Don't worry, Wude Xingjun! My Buddhist sect values purity above all else. Ao Lie has repeatedly mentioned the matter of the Jinghe Dragon King in front of the Tathagata Buddha, wanting the Buddha to meet the Jade Emperor and intervene in the matter of the Jinghe Dragon King. This has already displeased many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas."
"If he really dares to go that far, you don't need to take action. I will not tolerate him. I will capture him with my own hands and take him to the Great Leiyin Temple on Lingshan Mountain to be dealt with by the Buddha."
"I admire the noble righteousness of Shengfo and the virtue of Wude! If that's the case, then I'm relieved!"
Although the Star Lord Wude flattered the Monkey King verbally, he despised the Monkey King's behavior of calling him "I", "this throne", "Guangli Bodhisattva" and "Ao Lie" at times.
"What a bullshit fellow apprentice, do you really think I don't know what kind of person you are? It's just that you didn't pay enough!"
The fact that the Monkey King is not the original Sun Wukong but a six-eared macaque is still a secret in the Three Realms. However, to gods like Wude Xingjun who hold high positions in heaven and are well-informed, it is no longer a secret!
This is also the reason why Wude Star Lord went to the Fairy Ape Cave in Mount Emei after he could not find the whereabouts of Yuan Shoucheng and Prime Minister Gui.
Among the Three Realms, there are many people who are capable of finding Yuan Shoucheng and Prime Minister Turtle in a haystack, but the Monkey King is undoubtedly the easiest to contact with the lowest risk.
Wu Ji also reacted at this time, looking at the Monkey King with a little more contempt, and shouted loudly: "Sun Wukong, if you can help me kill that evil dragon, I will let my father help you build twenty, no, thirty temples in the mortal world...ah!"
Before he could finish his words, the Monkey King suddenly turned his head and glared at him fiercely.
Wu Ji was so frightened that he trembled all over and collapsed to the ground, his crotch was wet.
idiot!
Wude Xingjun cursed in his heart and quickly stepped forward to apologize: "My child is young and ignorant, please forgive me, Victory Buddha."
There are some things you can do, but you can never say them so bluntly!
"Lord Wude, please take good care of your son. If it happens again, don't blame me..."
Suddenly, the monkey king's face changed drastically, and he cried out: "Not good!"
With a wave of his right hand, a golden light flashed, forcibly pulling Wu De Xingjun and his group into the back cave, and anxiously said: "You hide in there, don't make any sound!"
Wu De Xingjun was stunned. Just as he was about to ask what happened, he heard a monkey demon transformed by the Monkey King run in and report: "Grandpa Shengfo, two men and two women are outside. One of the two men claims to be the prison god, and the other claims to be the Bodhisattva of the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons. They want to see Grandpa Shengfo."
Wude Star Lord's expression suddenly changed. He never expected that Little White Dragon would find this place so quickly, and he never expected that Li Anran would be here too!
"Shengfo, this..."
Wude Xingjun was very anxious, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by the Monkey King: "Shut up! What did I just tell you? Hide inside and don't make a sound!"
Wude Xingjun was scolded so rudely by the Monkey King that his face turned pale and blue, but he still endured it, hid in the back cave, and stopped talking.
He came down to the mortal world this time to kill people and clear evidence . He came down secretly, and this alone violated the heavenly rules.
"I am the Fighting and Victory Buddha appointed by Tathagata Buddha. This is my Mount Emei Dojo. It is not Li Anran's turn to act so presumptuously!"
The Monkey King muttered as if to encourage himself, and with a wave of his right hand, he slammed the stone door of the back cave shut. Then he said to the monkey demon, "Go and invite the Prison God and Bodhisattva Guangli... Forget it, I'll go by myself!"
As he spoke, the Monkey King wrapped his cassock around himself, stood up and walked towards the cave entrance.
Outside the cave, the Third Holy Mother asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Brother Li, is this the temple of the Fighting Buddha of Mount Emei? What are we doing here?"
Long Si and Xiaobailong are no exception.
Just a moment ago, they were still in the water palace where the little white dragon of Xiniu Hezhou imprisoned Wu Ji. In the blink of an eye, they were brought to this strange place by Li Anran.
Looking around, you can see the towering mountains, the majestic scenery, the sun shining on the clear forest, the clouds and mist, the white cranes and the green phoenixes singing to the sun, the black monkeys and elks coming out of the forest, thousands of red mists lingering, and tens of thousands of colorful clouds flying. It is truly a fairy mountain and blessed land.
There is a cave in front of me, which should be newly built. The steps at the gate are still new. Next to it stands a stone tablet with three big characters "Xianyuan Cave" written on it.
Xiao Bailong recognized at a glance that this was the temple of his senior brother, Fighting Buddha, and was extremely shocked.
Mount Emei is located above the Dongsheng Shenzhou, and they were just in the Xiniu Hezhou!
The distance between these two places is more than a million miles!
Li Anran arrived here from Xiniu Hezhou in an instant, bringing the three of them with him.
Such an escape technique is really unbelievable!
In comparison, his senior brother's somersault cloud seemed insignificant!
The Third Holy Mother and Long Si did not know Mount Emei, but they heard Li Anran say to the two monkey demons dressed as monks, "Tell the Fighting Buddha that the Prison God and the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons and Bodhisattva Guangli want to see him."
Then you know where this is.
Li Anran said, "Of course I am here to investigate the matter of the Dragon King of Jing River."
Before coming, Li Anran was only 50% sure.
He used the Rainbow Transformation Technique because there was no better way to avoid the Monkey King's Six Ears Magical Power, and for fear of alerting the enemy, he simply used his speed to catch him off guard.
After coming here, Li Anran was sure that his guess was correct. It was indeed the Monkey King who helped Wude Xingjun find the whereabouts of Yuan Shoucheng and Wu Ji.
The magic tracking dog in his hand, which imitated the Roaring Sky Dog, had already smelled the scent of Wude Xingjun and Wu Ji.
The father and son hadn’t even had time to leave the Fairy Ape Cave in Mount Emei!
"Ah?" The three were even more confused after hearing Li Anran's explanation. They didn't understand how the Fighting Buddha was related to the matter of the Jinghe Dragon King?
"You'll find out in a moment."
After Li Anran said this, the three of them didn't dare to ask any more questions and could only wait there patiently.
Soon, the cave door in front of them opened with a bang, and the Monkey King, wearing a colorful cassock, led a group of monkey demons dressed as novice monks out, and said with clasped hands, "Prison God, I was just chanting in the cave, and I am sorry for not coming to greet you. Please forgive me!"
He then pretended to blame Xiao Bailong and said, "Xiao Bailong, you and the Prison God are coming today, why didn't you tell me in advance so that I could prepare? Why don't you invite the Prison God in quickly!"
Xiaobailong turned around and asked Li Anran for instructions.
Li Anran said: "Since Sheng Buddha has invited us, there is no reason for us not to go in."
After saying that, Li Anran took the lead and followed the Monkey King in.
Xiaobailong, Long Si and San Shengmu followed closely behind.
The Monkey King's Immortal Ape Cave looks inconspicuous from the outside, but it is extremely magnificent and luxurious inside. The walls and even the ground under the feet are inlaid with the seven treasures of Buddhism, such as gold, silver, colored glaze, coral, amber, giant clam, and agate, and it shines brightly.
Even though Xiaobailong and Long Si were born in the Dragon Palace and were knowledgeable, and Sanshengmu was favored by Yang Jian and had countless rare treasures, they were still shocked by the scene of the nouveau riche in the Fairy Ape Cave for a moment.
The Third Holy Mother couldn't help but whispered, "Little White Dragon, how did your senior brother build the temple into this state?"
Long Si also looked over with curiosity.
Xiaobailong: “…” How the hell should I know!
Xiaobailong didn't know how to answer.
Li Anran was not surprised.
The Monkey King was originally a pet of the king of a small Buddhist country in Xiniu Hezhou. The king worshipped Buddha and Bodhisattva in a very luxurious way, inlaying gold and silver, and completely disregarded the lives of the people in the country.
The Monkey King was deeply influenced by this, and when he was a monster, he tried his best to collect all kinds of treasures such as gold, silver, agate, etc., and offer them to the Buddha and Bodhisattva, trying to make the Buddha and Bodhisattva appear and help him achieve enlightenment.
It is not surprising that after becoming a Buddha, he would build his own temple into this appearance.
He was just thinking: "Could it be that the Monkey King sold Little White Dragon just for these things?"
Li Anran didn't think the matter of the Jinghe Dragon King had anything to do with Lingshan.
Although Lingshan had frightened Li Shimin severely once by taking advantage of the ghost of the Jinghe Dragon King, this was a violation of the Heavenly Law and a serious crime of deceiving the Jade Emperor. There was no need for Lingshan to get involved. They had too many ways to send Li Shimin to the underworld!
Lingshan is more likely to go with the flow.
Logically speaking, the Monkey King had no reason to get involved in this matter.
But, he still participated!
The biggest possibility is greed!
It sounds incredible, but compared with Ananda and Kashyapa daring to demand bribes from Tang Seng and his group in Lingshan, it seems like nothing!
As Li Anran walked further in, he became more and more certain of this.
The Monkey King is actually the Six-Eared Macaque. With the Six-Eared Supernatural Power, it is not difficult for him to find some ownerless Buddhist Seven Treasures.
However, it has only been two months since the Monkey King became a Buddha, so it is almost impossible to find so many Buddhist treasures.
There is definitely a lot of questionable origins here!
I just don’t know how much Wude Xingjun has contributed!
The Monkey King led the four people all the way to the main hall of the Fairy Ape Cave, and they all sat down. He was about to order his monkey demons to serve them vegetarian tea, but was stopped by Li Anran.
"There's no need to go through so much trouble with Fighting Buddha."
Li Anran got straight to the point and said, "I came here today to investigate the unjust death of the Dragon King of Jinghe."
The Monkey King took advantage of Li Anran's fear of directly exposing his fake monkey identity, so he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "I have also heard Little White Dragon mention the matter of the Dragon King of Jing River."
"But when he violated the heavenly rules and was killed by Wei Zheng, I was still pinning him down under the Five Elements Mountain. The prison god wanted to investigate the matter of the Dragon King of Jinghe River. Why did he come to my Mount Emei instead of going to the Tang Dynasty in the East?"
The Three Holy Mothers and the other two also looked over, with confusion in their eyes.
Li Anran didn't bother to talk too much to the Monkey King, and said directly: "Of course I know that you have nothing to do with the unjust death of the Dragon King of Jinghe River, but someone is related to this matter."
He pointed to the stone door at the back of the cave and said, "Please ask Fighting Buddha to open that door and let Wude Xingjun and his son come out. I will ask them personally."
